| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6742798 |
Bipod support for a two wheeled vehicle |
June 1, 2004 |
| A bipod support for a two-wheeler is provided which swivels about an axis extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle. For its operation, a foot lever can be swiveled about this swiveling axis from a first end position for the driving operation into a second end position for parki |
| 6736682 |
Electrical plug-in connector element and system |
May 18, 2004 |
| An electric plug connecting element and an electric plug connecting system. With the use of a complementary plug connecting element, the plug connecting element enables a disconnectable electric plug connection and includes a housing and a cable, which is run into the housing and is held |
| 6731196 |
Safety device |
May 4, 2004 |
| A vehicle safety device includes a vehicle mounted transceiver for transmitting an inquiry or "challenge" code to an operator-carried transponder which processes the challenge code according to a secret algorithm (which is present also in the vehicle unit), and transmits a response c |
| 6729458 |
Synchronizing device with asymmetrical toothing |
May 4, 2004 |
| In a synchronizing device (22) for shift clutches, specially of selector transmissions (2) for motor vehicles, having at least one pair of wheels of which the gearwheel coaxial with a sliding sleeve (28) has a clutch body (46) with outer tooth (48) which by axial displacement of the slid |
| 6726224 |
Pneumatic suspension system for a motor vehicle |
April 27, 2004 |
| A pneumatic spring system is provided for a motor vehicle with a compressor unit, a storage unit, as well as on-off valves, via which the individual pneumatic springs of the individual wheels are supplied with compressed air. In the area between the compressor unit and the on-off valves, |
| 6725502 |
Hinge for pivoting a flap and a method of using and making same |
April 27, 2004 |
| A hinge for pivoting a flap, and in particular, to a hinge for pivoting a flap on a motor vehicle. The hinge aids the closing of the flap and includes two linkages or legs which are arranged rotatably around at least one axis of rotation and are connected with one another. A transmission |
| 6722478 |
Assembly for vehicle brake disk |
April 20, 2004 |
| An assembled vehicle brake disk has a basically rotationally symmetrical friction ring which is fastened by way of several linking points in a rigid or floating manner to a basically rotationally symmetrical hub part. At least two distances between respectively adjacent linking points, w |
| 6719563 |
Driving simulator |
April 13, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a driving simulator, particularly for simulating the movements of earthbound vehicles. To take into account the special features of the movements of earthbound vehicles, the proposed driving simulator has a carrier unit that has a rigid floor platform, on which a |
| 6719369 |
Child seat arrangement on a motor vehicle seat |
April 13, 2004 |
| In an arrangement of a child seat on a motor vehicle seat according to the ISOFIX standard, in the case of a crash-associated deceleration, the child seat is displaced in a limited manner in the direction of travel (FR), so that the resultant movement of the child in said direction of tr |
| 6718418 |
Data bus for a plurality of nodes supplying optical signals |
April 6, 2004 |
| A data bus arrangement and method whereby a plurality of nodes are connected to each other through a star coupler arrangement of a data bus. The data bus arrangement includes a logical decision gate which received a plurality of input electrical signals transmitted from a plurality of |
| 6718249 |
Regulating method for increasing the traction of a vehicle while maintaining constant vehicle st |
April 6, 2004 |
| In a control process for increasing the traction in the case of a vehicle while the vehicle stability remains almost the same, a wheel slip is determined at the powered wheels and is compared with at least one slip threshold value. The driving power is reduced when the wheel slip exceeds |
| 6717732 |
Vehicle rear-view mirror and method of making same |
April 6, 2004 |
| A vehicle rear-view mirror has a light-transmitting filtering layer for filtering out interfering fractions of the light entering the filtering layer in the yellow spectral range. The mirror includes an interference reflector which has a plurality of thin layers for the reflection of the |
| 6713894 |
Device for supplying electricity to a motor vehicle |
March 30, 2004 |
| A system for supplying electricity to a motor vehicle using a capacitor having a maximum value greater than the maximum value of a rechargeable battery. A transformer provides discharging of the capacitor from its maximum voltage down to the maximum voltage of the battery in order to |
| 6702321 |
System for controlling a motorcycle air bag |
March 9, 2004 |
| In the case of a system for controlling a motorcycle air bag with respect to the sitting position of a motorcycle occupant, a distance measuring device measures the distance of the motorcycle occupant with respect to the motorcycle, and an adaptation device controls a motorcycle air bag |
| 6700221 |
Electronic unit and method for detecting a polarity inversion of the onboard power supply voltag |
March 2, 2004 |
| An electronic unit in a motor vehicle has a connection for the negative onboard power supply voltage and a connection for the positive onboard power supply voltage, as well as an internal electric supply unit that can be used independently of the polarity of the onboard power supply volt |
| 6697966 |
Data bus for a plurality of nodes |
February 24, 2004 |
| A data bus for establishing a connection among a plurality of nodes and having configuration whereby optical data messages are converted to an electrical signal and sent through a logical decision gate to each of the nodes. A memory element, which is connected in parallel to the input of |
| 6696842 |
Electronic unit for detecting the charging condition and/or the wear of a motor vehicle battery |
February 24, 2004 |
| The invention relates to an electronic unit for identifying the charged state and/or the wear and tear of a motor vehicle battery. Said unit comprises elements for detecting the battery voltage and in addition, elements for detecting the speed of the internal combustion engine. The u |
| 6693368 |
Power supply system for a motor vehicle having a low-voltage onboard power supply and having a h |
February 17, 2004 |
| A power supply system for a motor vehicle has a low-voltage onboard power supply and a higher-voltage onboard power supply. Either the minus connection or the plus connection of at least the high-power consuming devices of the higher-voltage onboard power supply is coupled via a cent |
| 6691549 |
Method of calibrating a rollover sensor |
February 17, 2004 |
| A rollover sensor for a vehicle continuously determines the inclination of a vehicle in at least one axis. In order to cancel drift deviations in the sensor, the inclination is average in the at least one axis, continuously along a defined route. The formed average value is assumed as th |
| 6681169 |
Control system and method using an electronic control unit for wheel-specific braking torque con |
January 20, 2004 |
| A control unit of a control system for wheel-specific braking torque control is provided for a vehicle having an electronically controlled transmission. The control unit records the speeds of all wheels of the vehicle for the purpose of recognizing wheel slippage. The control unit re |
| 6674079 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the interior space of a motor vehicle |
January 6, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus for monitoring the interior space of a motor vehicle by means of IR radiation include at least one stationary IR transmitter and at least one stationary IR receiver arranged in a central position in the vehicle interior space. The interior space is at least tempora |
| 6671610 |
Process and device for electronically controlling actuators of a combustion engine with variable |
December 30, 2003 |
| In a process and a device for electronically controlling actuators of a combustion engine with variable gas exchange control using a suction pipe pressure model where the connection between the cylinder filling level and the suction pipe pressure is described by a straight line with grad |
| 6668631 |
Method of checking the performance of catalysts in internal-combustion engines |
December 30, 2003 |
| A process is suggested for checking the catalyst performance in internal-combustion engines, in which by means of detected operating parameters of the internal-combustion engine similar operating conditions are determined. It is suggested to compute from a defined number of measured |
| 6666787 |
Electromechanical transmission |
December 23, 2003 |
| An electromechanical transmission for use with a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes a planetary gear assembly, an electric drive, a changeover gear assembly, and a driven shaft. A planetary gear assembly includes an input shaft and first and second output shafts, |
| 6666197 |
Process and device for controlling cylinder selective filling in a combustion engine having a va |
December 23, 2003 |
| A process and a device for controlling selective cylinder filling in combustion engines with a variable valve drive, where the valve stroke and/or the valve opening and closing times of the cylinder intake valves are controllable. In order to ensure satisfactory idling quality also in |
| 6665165 |
Control method for the actuator of a variable valve train |
December 16, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a control method for the electrical actuator of a variable valve train, the actuator being embodied in the form of a worm gear in which a sensor detects a position value (measured position value) of an eccentric shaft, a control difference is generated in a feedb |
| 6663536 |
Control system for variable torque distribution for a four-wheel-drive vehicle |
December 16, 2003 |
| A control system for variable torque distribution for a four-wheel-drive vehicle with a system for brake control that is possible because of wheel-selective brake intervention wherein a non-variable longitudinal lock with specified torque distribution ratio is provided. If no slip is |
| 6659349 |
Device for identifying objects |
December 9, 2003 |
| In a device for identifying objects resting on a carrier that are being moved along a conveyor line by a conveyor system and which undergo various processing steps along the conveyor line, with a marking carrier connected to the object and with a fixed reading device for the marking carr |
| 6644850 |
Temperature sensing device for an internal-combustion engine |
November 11, 2003 |
| A temperature sensing device for an internal-combustion engine includes a carrier structure, a first sensor element accommodated on the carrier structure, a second sensor element also accommodated on the carrier structure, an engine air guiding device for feeding an engine intake air |
| 6637534 |
Selection device for adjusting vehicle speed |
October 28, 2003 |
| A selection device for setting the driving speed of a vehicle is provided having an operating element, a control device, which is connected with the operating element and coupled with an engine control and which is designed so that, upon activation of the control, the vehicle speed will |
| 6636172 |
Method for adjusting a vehicle-mounted radar sensor |
October 21, 2003 |
| In a method for adjusting a vehicle-mounted radar sensor having three radar lobes, which are emitted in a fan-shaped manner, one of which is a central lobe, and the other two are lateral lobes extending at the same angle, a reflector plate disposed at a distance from the vehicle and perp |
| 6634250 |
Steering column damper |
October 21, 2003 |
| A steering column damper for a power-driven vehicle comprises a jacket tube with a central longitudinal axis; a sliding tube displaceably guided in the jacket tube; a steering shaft, which is mounted for pivotability about the central longitudinal axis relative to the sliding tube and/or |
| 6631657 |
Control cam for a valve-controlled internal combustion engine |
October 14, 2003 |
| For a peripheral cam for a valve-controlled internal-combustion engine, having a cam contour which generates at least one positive acceleration course in the valve opening area, the gas dynamics, are advantageously influenced in that the peripheral cam has an opening flank with a contour |
| 6631654 |
Driving position selector with an emergency release for a parking position |
October 14, 2003 |
| A driving position selector for selecting at least the driving steps of the automatic transmission, "D", "N", "R", "P", which are selected by the driver over a control device and engaged by electro-hydraulic setting elements is provided. It is possible to disengage a parking position by |
| 6628197 |
Device for brake light control |
September 30, 2003 |
| A device is provided for controlling brake lights in a vehicle. The vehicle has a braking system designed for outside force actuation, a control device for controlling the vehicle brakes, and a brake light switch located in the vicinity of a brake pedal, which is connected with a con |
| 6616150 |
Ride leveler system in vehicles |
September 9, 2003 |
| A ride leveler system in vehicles with an adjustable wheel suspension device between a vehicle wheel and the vehicle body, with a height sensor for measuring the actual height between the vehicle wheel and the vehicle body, and with an electronic control device which specifies a target |
| 6604924 |
Positive-displacement pump |
August 12, 2003 |
| A positive-displacement pump including a rotating vane disposed within a pump housing. The rotating vane is driven by a rotating drive shaft and the rotating vane is radially displaceable relative to the drive shaft wherein the ends of the rotating vane carry sealing strips that adjoin a |
| 6604885 |
Torque transmitter connection assembly |
August 12, 2003 |
| An assembly including a driving connection for torque transmission in a drive train of an engine by means of a shaft-hub connection. The shaft-hub connection is provided with lengthwise teeth for releasable connection of a crankshaft with a coaxial hydrodynamic torque converter. The leng |
| 6604539 |
Fuel tank for a motor vehicle |
August 12, 2003 |
| A known fuel tank for a motor vehicle, in which an expansion tank is arranged outside the fuel tank, requires a relatively large space. A fuel tank for a motor vehicle which requires little space is provided by having the expansion tank installed inside the fuel tank, and by having all |
| 6600986 |
Method for the longitudinal control of a vehicle in which information of a navigation system is |
July 29, 2003 |
| A method for the longitudinal control of a vehicle, in which information of a navigation system is detected and in which, as a function of the information of the navigation system, a desired value of at least one parameter for the longitudinal control is defined, during a longitudinal |
| 6600984 |
Method for judging the seriousness of a motor vehicle crash |
July 29, 2003 |
| Like in a conventional crash detection algorithm, a crash is detected if a threshold value of an acceleration or an integrated acceleration is exceeded. Various characteristic values for characterizing the sensor signal paths are collected and supplied to the neural network. Said neural |
| 6600408 |
Sound transmission device for a motor vehicle |
July 29, 2003 |
| A device for the targeted transmission of sound from an induction tract of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle into the interior of the motor vehicle, comprising a hollow transmission body which communicates with the induction tract on the intake side and which emits sound o |
| 6599209 |
Tensioning device for tensioning a traction medium |
July 29, 2003 |
| A tensioning device for tensioning a traction medium, especially a chain, is provided. The tensioning device includes a supporting body element attachable to a third object and at least one tensioning track capable of being applied against the traction medium. The supporting body element |
| 6587474 |
Data bus for multiple components |
July 1, 2003 |
| In a data bus which is shared by several components, the components possess a hierarchical transmission token and are synchronized by a synchronization pulse. A clock signal of the synchronization pulse has a rate which is between the duration of transmission of the component with th |
| 6585294 |
Steering shaft |
July 1, 2003 |
| A steering spindle (1) has a thin-walled container (5) which is filled by an incompressible flowable material (7). In the event of a crash, the container (5) is opened up by means of a, for example, pyrotechnic device (13). As a result, the flowable material (7) emerges and the container |
| 6583868 |
Method of aligning an ACC-sensor on a vehicle |
June 24, 2003 |
| A method of aligning an ACC-sensor on a vehicle includes the following steps: (a) arranging a reflection surface in front of the vehicle for reflecting emitted ACC-sensor rays; (b) aligning the horizontal axis of the reflection surface parallel to the rear axle of the vehicle; (c) al |
| 6582526 |
Process and apparatus for active cleaning of windows of a vehicle |
June 24, 2003 |
| A process for active cleaning of a vehicle window with a movable window wiping arm carrying a wiping blade and with cleaning fluid supply onto the windowpane includes initiating movement of the wiping arm and subsequently applying a prescribed first quantity of cleaning fluid at a define |
| 6581621 |
Valve and fuel tank provided with a valve for a motor vehicle |
June 24, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a valve and a fuel tank provided with a valve for a motor vehicle. Bleeder valves for integrated compensation volumes for fuel tanks are known in the prior art. One disadvantage of known valves is that if the tank is filled slowly during the refueling operation, |
| 6577142 |
Process for the capacitive object detection in the case of vehicles |
June 10, 2003 |
| In a process for capacitive object detection in a vehicle seat, capacitors arranged in the backrest and in the seat surface are influenced by an object. The capacitors are acted upon by alternating voltage, and the time variation of their capacitances is determined individually. From the |
| 6568358 |
Multicylinder internal combustion engine with gas flow lift valves actuated by electro-magnetic |
May 27, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with gas flow lift valves actuated by electromagnetic actuators and controlling the intake and the exhaust of the cylinder combustion chambers. The cross-sectional area of the actuators allocated to the intake lift valv |
